Mobile Websites “15 Tips For Effective Design!” Practical & actionable tips by Arun Agrawal Webile Designer and Developer www.webile.co.uk

2 Mobiles Have Become Iconic Devices iPhones Blackberries Treos Android Phones Symbian Phones

3 Get Your Mobile Website Now New mobile websites are popping up everyday. Consumer industries are embracing these faster than you can imagine. Join them or be left behind.

4 How To Design a Great Mobile Website That Produces Top Response? Here are 15 Tips >>

5 Mobile Website Design Tip 1 The phones have much smaller screen space and therefore you have to really cut down on the amount of information you should include on your web pages.

6 Mobile Website Design Tip 2 The phones work on much slower bandwidth even if they are on 3G. Again you should reduce the size of files, images and other elements to as small as possible.

7 Mobile Website Design Tip 3 Since the capacity of the phones vary widely, use progressive enhancement. This way you will have your site working fine off the most limited browsers and offer a great site with the more capable ones.

8 Mobile Website Design Tip 4 Attention span on a mobile site is really limited. Don’t try to tell everything and confuse the reader. You have to include your most salient points – the big hitters.

9 Mobile Website Design Tip 5 You might try this format – powerful headline, a paragraph of introduction text and a few bullet points followed by a call to action.

10 Mobile Website Design Tip 6 New page loads are taxing on the bandwidth, too much information on a single page is daunting. You have to strike a fine balance.

11 Mobile Website Design Tip 7 Advertise on the mobile networks. The clicks are still affordable.

12 Mobile Website Design Tip 8 Don’t forget to send the clicks to a mobile version of the landing page. Don’t drop the ball by sending the clicks to a desktop landing page which won’t show up clearly on the small screens.

13 Mobile Website Design Tip 9 Some people won’t be happy with the limited information on the mobile sites. Include a link to your main site so that they can see the whole story.

14 Mobile Website Design Tip 10 Mobile commerce is picking up very fast. Be ready to take advantage.

15 Mobile Website Design Tip 11 Make your forms as small as possible. They can’t fill up large forms with the mobile keyboard.

16 Mobile Website Design Tip 12 Including a touch-to-call or click-to-call button can be a terrific USP. They are working off a mobile phone after all and calling someone is the most natural thing to do.

17 Mobile Website Design Tip 13 Build a SMS list. SMS marketing, like email marketing, is a potential winner. However you need to use it responsibly or else, you will go down the email spammer route.

18 Mobile Website Design Tip 14 You must include a mobile sitemap and submit it to the search engines. How can we forget the search engines? They can send large number of people to your sites after all.

19 Mobile Website Design Tip 15 Setup auto-sensing and auto-redirection for mobile browsers on the main URL. Don’t split your branding efforts by advertising 2 different URLs.

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